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31 Mar 2009
The European Commission has prepared a set of questions and answers as well as a flowchart to help companies understand when they can and when they cannot send personal data abroad.
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31 Mar 2009
The European Commission today delivered an ultimatum to internet firms - improve your approach to privacy online, or face a regulatory clampdown from Brussels.
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31 Mar 2009
Navigation device maker TomTom has agreed to make patent payouts to Microsoft for five years, settling a lawsuit brought against it by the software giant. TomTom said that the settlement does not break any licence terms for the Linux operating system....
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31 Mar 2009
A home shopping television channel has lost its legal bid to force its way higher up a satellite system's programming menu. JML failed to prove that the allocation of channel slots by Freesat was irrational.
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30 Mar 2009
The Pirate Bay has unveiled a feature that makes it easy for web users to post links to pirated material on their Facebook page. The activity risks passing liability for copyright infringement on to Facebook, a technology lawyer warned.
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30 Mar 2009
German authorities have ended their search for a female serial killer after discovering that DNA thought to be from 40 crime scenes actually came from a woman who packed the cotton swabs used to gather evidence.
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27 Mar 2009
Insurers look set to lose at least part of their block exemption from European competition rules, according to a preliminary report published by the European Commission this week.
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26 Mar 2009
The European Parliament has backed European Commission proposals that would allow consumers to band together to take action against companies that breach competition law.
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26 Mar 2009
Data which is protected by the Data Protection Act can be transferred to the US to help in the investigation of companies run by Bernard Madoff, the High Court has said. The transfer would usually be barred but is justified in this case, the Court said....
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26 Mar 2009
US brewer Anheuser-Busch has lost its attempt to register the word 'budweiser' as a trade mark for beer in the European Union. Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar has won the right to market its beers under the name.
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